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Common FTP Commands

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:51:58 +0000

`?`	to request `help` or information about the FTP commands
`ascii`	to set the mode of file transfer to ASCII (this is the default and transmits seven bits per character)
`binary`	to set the mode of file transfer to binary (the binary mode transmits all eight bits per byte and thus provides less chance of a transmission error and must be used to transmit files other than ASCII files)
`bye`	to exit the FTP environment (same as `quit`)
`cd`	to change directory on the remote machine
`close`	to terminate a connection with another computer
	`close brubeck`	closes the current FTP connection with `brubeck`, but still leaves you within the FTP environment.
`delete`	to delete (remove) a file in the current remote directory (same as `rm` in UNIX)
`get`	to copy one file from the remote machine to the local machine
	`get ABC DEF`	copies file `ABC` in the current remote directory to (or on top of) a file named `DEF` in your current local directory.
	`get ABC`	copies file `ABC` in the current remote directory to (or on top of) a file with the same name, `ABC`, in your current local directory.
`help`	to request a list of all available FTP commands
`lcd`	to change directory on your local machine (same as UNIX `cd`)
`ls`	to list the names of the files in the current remote directory
`mkdir`	to make a new directory within the current remote directory
`mget`	to copy multiple files from the remote machine to the local machine; you are prompted for a `y`/`n` answer before transferring each file
	`mget *`	copies all the files in the current remote directory to your current local directory, using the same filenames. Notice the use of the wild card character, `*`.
`mput`	to copy multiple files from the local machine to the remote machine; you are prompted for a `y`/`n` answer before transferring each file
`open`	to open a connection with another computer
	`open brubeck`	opens a new FTP connection with `brubeck`; you must enter a username and password for a `brubeck` account (unless it is to be an anonymous connection).
`put`	to copy one file from the local machine to the remote machine
`pwd`	to find out the pathname of the current directory on the remote machine
`quit`	to exit the FTP environment (same as `bye`)
`rmdir`	to to remove (delete) a directory in the current remote directory

Connect FTP Via Command Prompt On Windows

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:23:09 +0000

This is an old method. Most person have FTP Clients like Filezilla or WS-FTP or CuteFTP to connect ftp servers. But what if there is an emergency and you have none of them. So here all you gonna need.

HOW TO CONNECT FTP VIA COMMAND PROMPT IN WINDOWS

1. First of all open command prompt by following “Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt” or simply use keyboard shurtcut “Windows + R” ( Sheme 1 )

2. Type “ftp” and press “Enter” ( Sheme 1 )

Sheme 1

3. Following screen will prompt to “ftp>”, so now we can use ftp commands to access our server. To open a connection we use “open” command. Type “open” and press “Enter” ( Sheme 2 )

Sheme 2

4. Now Ftp Prompt says “to”. This means you’ve to put destination here. Put the destination to your ftp server end press “Enter”. Ex: ftp.example.com ( Sheme 3 )

Sheme 3

5. Now check out Sheme 3 and see prompt asks for username. Put your Ftp Username and press “Enter” and of course password and press “Enter”

P.S. If something goes wrong with login you can always go back to login part with command “user” ( Sheme 4)

6. And we have accessed to our FTP Server. ( Sheme 4)

Sheme 4

Basic commands explained below:

“dir” : Basic DOS listing command.

“ls” : Similar to DOS command “dir”. Lists files for current directory without details.

“cd” : To change current directory with another one

“cd ..” : Up one directory ( DO NOT forget “blank” between “cd” and “..” )

“send” : Uploads a file from local to server

“get” : Download file from server to local

“bye” : Disconnects from server and quits FTP Prompt

A full list for Ftp commands will be in next chapter.

Hope will be usefull for all.

HTML a Tag

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:10:20 +0000

HTML Tag

Example

A link to W3Schools.com:

Definition and Usage

The tag defines an anchor. An anchor can be used in two ways:

To create a link to another document, by using the href attribute
To create a bookmark inside a document, by using the name attribute

The a element is usually referred to as a link or a hyperlink.

The most important attribute of the a element is the href attribute, which indicates the link’s destination.

By default, links will appear as follows in all browsers:

An unvisited link is underlined and blue
A visited link is underlined and purple
An active link is underlined and red

Browser Support

The tag is supported in all major browsers.

Differences Between HTML and XHTML

NONE

Tips and Notes

Tip: Use CSS to style links!

Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
charset	char_encoding	Specifies the character-set of a linked document	STF
coords	coordinates	Specifies the coordinates of a link	STF
href	URL	Specifies the destination of a link	STF
hreflang	language_code	Specifies the language of a linked document	STF
name	section_name	Specifies the name of an anchor	STF
rel	text	Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document	STF
rev	text	Specifies the relationship between the linked document and the current document	STF
shape	default rect circle poly	Specifies the shape of a link	STF
target	_blank _parent _self _top framename	Specifies where to open the linked document	TF

Standard Attributes

The tag supports the following standard attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
accesskey	character	Specifies a keyboard shortcut to access an element	STF
class	classname	Specifies a classname for an element	STF
dir	rtl ltr	Specifies the text direction for the content in an element	STF
id	id	Specifies a unique id for an element	STF
lang	language_code	Specifies a language code for the content in an element	STF
style	style_definition	Specifies an inline style for an element	STF
tabindex	number	Specifies the tab order of an element	STF
title	text	Specifies extra information about an element	STF
xml:lang	language_code	Specifies a language code for the content in an element, in XHTML documents	STF

More information about

Event Attributes

The tag supports the following event attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
onblur	script	Script to be run when an element loses focus	STF
onclick	script	Script to be run on a mouse click	STF
ondblclick	script	Script to be run on a mouse double-click	STF
onfocus	script	Script to be run when an element gets focus	STF
onmousedown	script	Script to be run when mouse button is pressed	STF
onmousemove	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves	STF
onmouseout	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves out of an element	STF
onmouseover	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves over an element	STF
onmouseup	script	Script to be run when mouse button is released	STF
onkeydown	script	Script to be run when a key is pressed	STF
onkeypress	script	Script to be run when a key is pressed and released	STF
onkeyup	script	Script to be run when a key is released	STF

HTML Declaration

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:06:47 +0000

HTML Declaration

Example

An HTML document with a doctype of XHTML 1.0 Transitional:

“http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>

Title of the document

The content of the document……

Definition and Usage

The doctype declaration should be the very first thing in an HTML document, before the tag.

The doctype declaration is not an HTML tag; it is an instruction to the web browser about what version of the markup language the page is written in.

The doctype declaration refers to a Document Type Definition (DTD). The DTD specifies the rules for the markup language, so that the browsers can render the content correctly.

Doctypes Available in the W3C Recommendations

HTML 4.01 Strict

This DTD contains all HTML elements and attributes, but does not include presentational or deprecated elements (like font). Framesets are not allowed.

HTML 4.01 Transitional

This DTD contains all HTML elements and attributes, including presentational and deprecated elements (like font). Framesets are not allowed.

HTML 4.01 Frameset

This DTD is equal to HTML 4.01 Transitional, but allows the use of frameset content.

XHTML 1.0 Strict

This DTD contains all HTML elements and attributes, but does not include presentational or deprecated elements (like font). Framesets are not allowed. The markup must also be written as well-formed XML.

XHTML 1.0 Transitional

This DTD contains all HTML elements and attributes, including presentational and deprecated elements (like font). Framesets are not allowed. The markup must also be written as well-formed XML.

XHTML 1.0 Frameset

This DTD is equal to XHTML 1.0 Transitional, but allows the use of frameset content.

XHTML 1.1

This DTD is equal to XHTML 1.0 Strict, but allows you to add modules (for example to provide ruby support for East-Asian languages).

Tips and Notes

Use W3C’s Validator to check that you have written a valid HTML / XHTML document!

Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.

HTML Tag

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:04:48 +0000

HTML Tag

Example

An HTML comment:

This is a paragraph.

Definition and Usage

The comment tag is used to insert a comment in the source code. A comment will be ignored by the browser. You can use comments to explain your code, which can help you when you edit the source code at a later date.

You can also store program-specific information inside comments. In this case they will not be visible for the user, but they are still available to the program. A good practice is to comment the text inside scripts and style elements to prevent older browsers, that do not support scripting or styles, from showing it as plain text.

Meta Tags

Administrator — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:35:46 +0000

The code for a basic meta tag:

or

Meta tags are in your head section of your html document. The meta tags help the spiders index your page. You can redirect a webpage with a meta tag, control spiders, prevent certain browsers to function differently with a code and even set your page’s language with it.

Here is a list of interesting meta tags you can observe and use:

Description Meta tag:

This is what appears in the search engines as your description, usually right under your page title when listed in search results.

Keywords Meta tag:

This code will help you get listed under correct search results. You should write keywords that best fits your website. You should also spererate your keywords with a comma. You can use the below example as a resource.

Redirection code:

The above code is set to refresh the page and redirect it to anotherpage.html in 2 seconds. You can change these fields according to your needs.

Cache Prevention code:

This code is useful when you update your pages a lot and you don’t want someone loading a page that has been cached on their system. It is supposed to keep a browser from caching your page. Some browsers will ignore the code and cache anyway.

Code to allow Index Follow for Search Engines (Google,Live ect.) :

This code will basically tell the robots to index whatever they find on your website.

Include Files

Administrator — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:18:29 +0000

On this article, I will explain how to use Include files on Html, Asp, and Php files. Most of the paid hosting companies allow you to use include files. It is one of the best ways to control your fully loaded website.

Include files in Html

In html, you can use a simple code to include a file in another one. So let’s say you have index.html and you want to add menu.html as an include file; so you would open the source code for index.html and add the following code:

If you add this code to your index.html’s source html code and it doesn’t work, don’t give up. Most hosting companies allow to add include files to only .shtml files. So what you is easy and simple, just rename your index.html to index.shtml

Include files in Asp and Asp.NET

In asp it is very easy to add an include file to your source codes. It is just like the code above for Html files but in a different words. The code is:

YES! there is only one word difference. Instead of “virtual” your going to use “file” to include a file.

Include files in Php

Include files in Php is the same concept. The code is below:

You can use any type of files you wish to include. If you have a page named menu.html you can include this page into your Php or Asp coded page. For example:

Domain Transfer

Administrator — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:35:55 +0000

On this article I will explain how to transfer your existing domain to a new registrar. Every domain registrar has their own way of doing things differently, but I will explain the main process on this article.

What is a Domain Transfer ?

A domain transfer is when you transfer your existing domain name to a new registrar.

Why should I transfer my Domain ?

There might be many reasons for this cause. Most popular one might be the price of the domain name and what the registrar offers you. For example if you pay $10 for a domain name in a registrar, and get basic features, and if you pay $7 at another company and get the same features then you might think of transfering your domain name. Sometimes the customer care and the user interfrence have affect aswell.

How to transfer a domain name to another register

FIrst, you need to have an account at the new registrar your planning to transfer your existing domain to. Then you need to find the Authorization code (Auth Code) of the domain name your transfering.

When you get this code, go to your new registrar and submit atransfer inquiry, you need your Auth code for this inquiry. When you submit this inquiry, your new registrar will send an email to your existing registrar informing it about the transfer, you must aprrove the transfer on this email to contuinue.

After this your domain should be able to transfer to your new registrar without any problems. It might take couple days for you to recieve the approval email.

What is a SiteMap ?

Administrator — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:47:50 +0000

On this article I will explain what a Sitemap is and what is it used for. You can guess that a sitemap is a Map of your Site of course, and that definition is from me to explain in the simplest way. According to Wikipedia, a sitemap is defined as:

The Sitemaps protocol allows a webmaster to inform search engines about URLs on a website that are available for crawling.

Like the definition above, a sitemap informs the search engines about the available urls that can be crawled on your website. Some websites need sitemaps because their website might not be liked by the Google Bots or the Bots might have trouble indexing your website. But this is not the case all the time.

A sitemap makes your website extremely easy to be accessible by search engines. It is usually an XML file.

If you have a flash website, your content is not going to be indexed by the search engines because they can’t see the links. You can add a sitemap linking to those links and tell the Search Engines that you have those urls on your website so they can come and index them. If your entire content is in flash, then this is not a good option for you, but you can create extra html files to be seen by the search engines.

You can create a sitemap very easily online or with an program that you would download it to your personal computer.

If you are using a ready to go system, check to see if they already have an module for it. For example the Wordpress ready to go system has many plug-ins created by different programmers to generate a sitemap automatically.

How to add a “Email me” Link

Administrator — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:38:35 +0000

On this article I will explain the way of adding your email address to your website as a link. First of all I want to touch the fact that people just write their email as text on there website like:

You can contact me at admin@website-name.com

I find these what so called “contact” ways so lame. They look very eye distracting. Instead of these you can have a “Contact” or “Email me” link on your website that would just open Outlook automatically to send a email to you.

You can do these by just adding the following simple link to your website. It is just like adding a normal hyperlink but instead of http:// on the link placement you add mailto: just like on the following example.

<a href="mailto:youremail@your-domain.com">Contact</a>